Steamboat man suspected of dealing methamphetamine

Steamboat Springs  The Routt County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a 29-year-old Steamboat Springs man accused of distributing methamphetamine to a person working with the All Crimes Enforcement Team drug task force.

Conor Michael Barrett was arrested Friday and charged Monday with a single count of unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, sale or possession of a Schedule 2 controlled substance, a Class 3 felony.

According to arrest warrant paperwork filed in Routt County Court, a confidential source working with ACET was trying to buy cocaine from Barrett Oct. 12 at his home on Sixth Street for $1,200.

After getting the substance analyzed by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, ACET confirmed the substance weighing about an ounce actually was methamphetamine.

Barrett was released from custody after posting a $50,000 personal recognizance bond.

Barrett has hired Steamboat attorney Patrick Welsh to represent him. Welsh said it was too early to comment specifically about the accusations.